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New Downtown Will Center On Clock Tower, Amphitheater

Schaumburg — The village's Planning, Building and Development Committee approved the landmarks and landscaping that will distinguish the new downtown at Schaumburg and Roselle Roads.

Committee members viewed drawings Thursday that included a 55-foot-tall clock tower; a 300-seat outdoor amphitheater; a pond, waterfall and gazebo.

Planning director Thomas Koenig noted that construction of some buildings already is moving on the 29-acre site. The foundation has been laid for a Dominick's grocery expected to open in June. Other stores are expected to open next fall.

The village also is talking with microbreweries interested in the new downtown, Koenig said.

The village paid $7.5 million for the land and will recoup part of that cost by selling off pieces of the property to private developers and to the Schaumburg Township Library District. The library to be built there will be double the size of the current library.